"A Pair of Tickets" A message I think the author Amy Tan is trying to give in "A Pair of Tickets" is the importance of knowing your heritage. The beginning starts off with a young lady named Jing Mei and her father on a train in China to visit their estranged family for the first time in years‚ but it’ll be Jei Ming first time ever. Jing Mei never felt like she had Chinese in her at all‚ because
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SOS in DHS: A Problem of Motivation About 18 months ago‚ Jess Johnson was appointed to direct a newly authorized and funded unit in the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS). Shortly thereafter‚ she interviewed and hired six new employees to staff the unit. The name of the unit is Service Outreach for Seniors (SOS). Its purpose is to coordinate services for the vulnerable elderly. This is Jess’s first supervisory position. Susan Jones and Bob Martin were two of the new employees hired by Jess
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The short story ’A Pair of Tickets’ is a component of a novel ’The Joy Luck Club’ by Amy Tan which focuses on a woman fulfilling the lifelong wish of her mother. The title symbolizes the discovery of the narrator’s identity‚ and the soul of her emotional nature and feelings towards her mother. The setting in this story changes the soul of the narrator as she begins to discover things about herself and her two different cultures. As the story progresses‚ she begins to question things in her life
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Summary: An older couple with a family holds what could be a winning lottery ticket‚ but resists checking the numbers while they daydream about what they might do with the money. It examines how‚ at first‚ their reaction to the possibility of wealth is joyful; but rather than share their dreams and communicate their wishes‚ it looks at how Ivan Dmitritch and his wife‚ Masha‚ recede into their own worlds. It attempts to show how money definitely does not buy love and how‚ in fact‚ it has the
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PLEASE REMEMBER by P.S. Walker P. S. Walker wants the reader to think twice. To think about what you are about to do‚ beacause teasing‚ name calling‚ and ridiculing can really hurt another human. The poem is maybe about a person‚ who have lost someone in a school massacre. He dont want it to happen to someone else‚ and therefore he is asking us to think twice. PLEASE REMEMBER by P.S. Walker P. S. Walker wants the reader to think twice. To think about what you are about to do‚ beacause
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“The Lottery Ticket” A look at the concept of vulnerability in attitude change. When reading the short story‚ “A Lottery Ticket‚” by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov‚ drastic and fast changes in attitude can be seen in the main character‚ Ivan Dmitich. These changes are a clear window through which one may understand and observe Ivan’s character and values as a person. The author of the story makes these changes‚ regarding Ivan’s spouse and lifestyle‚ easy to see by the writing techniques he employs in
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Check‚ Please During spring break‚ I have plenty of time to watch Bay Area local TV program Check‚ Please! It is a popular program for reviewing and describing different local restaurants. In each episode‚ they invite three guests sitting together with the host to discuss three eating establishments‚ each guest recommends one his/her favorite restaurant on the show‚ and everyone in the group is required to visit other person selection. Then‚ they start to discuss their experience. Leslie
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Close Reading of the Final Paragraph of “A Pair of Tickets” For I am a Chinese‚ reading A Pair of Tickets gives me a sense of familiar recognition but simultaneously vagueness. The war her parents gone through was words of text in my history lesson‚ and at the same time‚ my grandparents’ experiences too. Some visible and imperceptible effects of the war have affected hugely on the life of every Chinese‚ every family‚ every man and every woman‚ every child and every elder‚ the future generations
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